Happy 1 Year Blog-iversary
It’s been one year since my very first post here on Recipe Realism! Wow, time flies! And so many good recipes!
Dirty Martini
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 1 Fill a mixing glass with: ice 3½ oz Gin or Vodka ½ oz Olive Juice ½ oz Dry Vermouth (optional) Stir. Strain into chilled glass or pour contents (with ice) into short glass. Garnish with olives. Note: DRY usually means Less Vermouth than usual. EXTRA DRY …
Cosmopolitan
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 1 Fill a mixing glass with: ice 3½ oz vodka or citrus vodka dash of triple sec dash of lime juice dash of cranberry juice Shake. Strain into chilled glass. Garnish with lime. Mmm, another of my go-to happy hour drinks. From The Bartender’s Black Book, …
Apple Martini
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 1 Fill a mixing glass with: ice 4 oz Apple Vodka Dash Dry Vermouth or Apple Liqueur (optional) Stir. Strain into chilled glass or pour contents (with ice) into short glass. Garnish with apple slices. Well, I going for an Appletini as that’s one of my …
Key Lime Pie Martini
Hands-on Time: 5 minutes Total Time: 5 minutes Serves 1 Fill a mixing glass with: ice 3½ oz Vanilla Vodka Dash Irish Cream, optional Dash of Cream, optional 1 tsp sugar 1 oz lime juice Shake. Strain into chilled glass. From The Bartender’s Black Book, this Key Lime Pie Martini was a little underwhelming. I was …